Purpose There are limited data available concerning the effects of lifetime risk factors and
lifestyle on systemic hemodynamics, especially on systemic vascular resistance. The …

Purpose To study whether systemic hemodynamics, especially systemic vascular resistance,
predicts the development of hypertension and improves the risk prediction of incident …

Background The data on the childhood determinants of adult cardiovascular disease (CVD)
are lacking in populations of Eastern Europe that are characterised by substantially high …

AIMS: Exposure to risk factors in childhood may have long-term influences on vascular
structure and function. This paper reviews recent findings from the Cardiovascular Risk in …

Purpose: Individual socioeconomic status is associated with increased arterial stiffness, but
limited data are available on the relations of neighbourhood deprivation with this vascular …

Objective: To examine the association of childhood socioeconomic position (SEP) with adult
cardiovascular risk factors, vascular structure, and vascular function in a contemporary …

Background In 2010, the American Heart Association defined ideal cardiovascular health as
the simultaneous presence of 4 favorable health behaviors (nonsmoking, ideal body mass …

Aims The aim of this study is to evaluate whether childhood risk factors are associated with a
6-year change in carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in young adulthood independent of …

PURPOSE: Prospective evidence suggests an inverse association between socioeconomic
circumstances in childhood and adolescence and blood pressure (BP) in adulthood, but …

Increasing evidence supports the importance of socioeconomic factors in the development
of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. However, the association of childhood …